As of 2017, 19 states have not expanded Medicaid to include the working poor of our country. Despite the fact that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) will fund states to do so, they deny their own citizens access to health insurance that saves lives. These politically based decisions being made at the state level have great cost and no actual benefit.

Expanding Medicaid:

Lowers the number of uninsured and helps people become healthier

Creates new jobs in the health care industry and boosts state economies